[fo 8. 10] 281 [undecipherable], July 28. 179[undecipherable] Dear Sir I send you a number of appl[ications] for Military appointments with b[rief] notes [of] my opinion. Allow me to remind you [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] of my nephew Philip Church w[ho] I warmly recommend for a Captaincy in [the] Infantry. He is the eldest [son,] [of his father] a good education [and] is a young ma[n] [of] genuine [spirit] and worth — [of] considerable [expec] tation in point of fortune — I shall [e]steem his appointment to this grade [a] personal favor, [and] [undecipherable] wh[en] I believe, that it will consist with [the] rule of propriety. There are [undecipherable] y[oung] gentlemen who I must also recomm[end to] your attention. They are Volkert [undecipherable] Van Rens[s]elaer and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Rens[s]elaer nephew of M^r Schuyler. Thu[s] [undecipherable] are [of] [strikethrough: brave] and [sober] [blood] and [defence] [undecipherable] recommend, as one a first the other a [second] [undecipherable] young men — one, a first the other a [second] [undecipherable] * [with] great regard [undecipherable] A. H. [undecipherable] [son] of the President of the Bank [undecipherable] applies for a Captaincy [of] in the horse. [undecipherable] has strong pretensions & all things con— [undecipherable] I doubt not [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] [undecipherable]ment [Docket: A. Hamilton / July 22 — 1798]